Man Convicted Of Battery

August 18, 1987|Staff reports

A Broward Circuit jury found a man who was accused of attempting to murder a relative guilty of a lesser crime.

The six-person jury on Friday convicted Darcus Leo Wright, 27, of Miami, on charges of aggravated battery, use of a firearm during a felony and grand theft, said Assistant State Attorney William Hobson. Wright faces seven years in prison, Hobson said.

Wright was accused of attempted murder for holding a loaded gun to the head of his sister-in-law, Carol Pate, and pulling the trigger. Pate, who also was shot in the arm, survived because the gun jammed.

Wright also faced charges of kidnapping and grand theft because he drove away in his sister-in-law`s car with her child in the back seat. The jury rejected the kidnapping charge, but did find Wright guilty of stealing Pate`s car, Hobson said.

The attack on June 10, 1986, apparently was provoked by a domestic dispute involving Wright, his estranged wife, Allison, and Allison`s family, of Hollywood.